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Whale oil Moderate

Whale oil has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

a white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminant

2

Any of various oils and fats extracted from the blubber of whales and used in the manufacture of soap and lubricants (formerly as an illuminating oil).

See Also
lubricant soap illuminating oil blubber train oil spermaceti fat whale oils
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
animal oil
Rhyming Words
oil voil roil toil soil noil coil foil boil moil reoil spoil deoil droil aboil broil anoil snoil unoil choil
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